Green Line Pizza & Steak will soon open in the former Avanti Pizza at 7134 Market St. Unit 8.

Ogden’s red-hot restaurant boom continues this week as plans for a new pizzeria and sandwich shop are revealed.

Avanti NY Pizza Restaurant owners announced plans in late September to move further north on Market Street into the Big Lots plaza, a spot that has seen a significant uptick in traffic since the opening of Ogden Tap Room last month. The property they vacated at 7134 Market St. didn’t sit empty for long, however. New Jersey-based restaurateur Kleantis “Kleo” Pechlivanidis has scooped the spot up, and intends to open Green Line Pizza & Steak with business partner Matthew Skutnik.

With 20 years in the food service industry, Pechlivanidis said he’s drawn to the comparatively relaxed coastal lifestyle the Wilmington area has to offer. The Green Line in his new outfit’s name isn’t a nod to a favorite subway or transit line, rather a reference to the sustainable, organic and otherwise healthful fare he intends to offer.

The restaurant will be a pickup and delivery operation once renovations are complete, and he hopes to open by the end of November. Expect chicken and cheesesteak sandwiches to round out the pizza offerings, which will be available to a lunch and dinner crowd from 11 a.m. daily. Closing hours were not yet set, but will likely be in the 10 p.m. range.

As for Avanti, a late-September Facebook discussion thread indicated they intended to re-open in early November. No renovations were immediately evident in the vacant units near Big Lots. Calls to the pizzeria’s phone number indicated the line had been disconnected, and a visit to the web address listed on their Facebook page indicated the domain name was available for sale.

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